Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Northern California·Northern Nevada-Oregon·Washington-ldaho·Utah·Alask: ~.l,U FF N R E NDATELINE O TH R Sills slides to top of Spillway's Novices By Jim Pluhar SANTA MARIA, CA , FEB. 13 Spillway Park held their firs t motocross race u nder new management today. Even though the weather was poor th e previous day, some 50 riders came o ut 10 bra ve the m ud and pudd les a nd help the new owners initia te th e newl y designe d tra ck . T he most in ventive cou rse cha nge was th e movin g o f th e sta rti ng lin e from a point out in the " boo n ies," wh ere it was invisibl e to the ave rage specta tor , 10 a place near the fini sh line. T h is cha nge, no t yet in effec t, is a set o f aluminum bleach ers - o rde red to g ive th e spec tators a point o f relative com fort from whi ch to view the events. In th e Min i Junior divi sion, Paul B10mquest scored back-to-hack victori es In hi s mot os to ga in fir st pl ace for th e day, wh ile Dallen McKenney and Mickey Elsber y fini shed first a nd second respect ivel y in th e Mini Intermed iat e class. J eff Si lls wo n the 125cc Juniord ivision with 2-1 finish es, giving h im a tot al o f th ree for th e day. Mi ckey Elsbery was seco nd with five poi nts a nd Le la nd Ayer captured third wit h a seven point IOtal. Tony Toste had it a ll h is wa y in the 125cc Intermed ia te class with two first place finis hes; Gary R iekki was second with four points a nd Skeeter Lyer la came in th ird with a six point total. Another two time win ner was Kevin Field in the I25cc Pro d ivision. J im Keese fin ish ed second , to tal in g fo ur po ints for th e day.a nd Pa ul Villa was third with a IOtal of six. . The 250cc J u n io r/ Open Jun io r cla ss was won by Vic Scarbro ug h . wh o totaled three points for hi s two events; Mark Moore regi stered second for th e day with four points. T om MacFar lane won both halv es of the 250cc Intermediate/Open Intermedi ate class events to score a p erfect two for th e day. Bru ce Carlisle a nd Mike Pryor fin ished second a nd th ird , bo th wi th to ta ls o f five, but Ca rlisle had the better finish in the second mot a . In the 250cc Pro class, Brett Cross a nd Rob Mart in da le foug h t it o u t in both of their events wit h Cross bein g a lilli e stronger in lat e goi ng in both races. Cross took first with a IOtaI o f two whi le Martindale had to set tle for second with a fou r point ia lly. Storbeck, Jaimet hold GSS Amateur leads at Reef Ridge By John Bethea RE EF RIDG E, CA , FE B. 4 Huron Cycle Park was under water from th e rains, Faced with the fif th ro u nd of the Continen tal Mo tosports Club's/ P reston Peuy G olden Sta te Series to be held with no race track availa ble was a perplexing problem, bu t proma ter R ick Worth found a frie nd who had some la nd in some ro lli ng hills some 30 m iles to the west, and he said they co u ld use it for a one -time only race tra ck. Whaa-Laa! Reef Ridge Ra ceway was born a nd th e u:ack .ban nered o ff ' on Fr iday and whe n th e rac ers pu lled in o n Sat urday morning, the virgin la nd had them dazzled. Lush , gre en hills with lots o f tricky th ings 10 keep it interesting. A bi t co ld, an d a li ttle misty at times, but cons ide ring the rains a nd su ch this past month . it did sta nd u p well a nd th e racin g was rough, as usual. T he re are no mor e perfect scores through five weekends of cornpeti tion, so the overa ll races for the eig h t P ro -Am Tra ilers are rea lly gelling intense. H o wever, if he stay s true to form , it looks lik e T exan Danny Storbeck will be towing one of the p rizes home wit h him in a co u p le weeks. Storbeck won h is fourth series I 25cc Intermed iate event, ra ising his to ta l to 96, some 21 points a hea d of his closest rival, Tyson Vohland o f Sacramento. With 20 points awarded to the winner a t Hollister next round and 40 (double points) for th e fin al e a t Saddleba ck , it could c h a n g e abruptly. Kurt Henricksen finished third on th e da y a nd la ys in third in th e standi ngs with 72. Curt j aimet (H a n) got a li lli e help from Larry Lawrence (H a n) 10 win th e 250cc Interm ed iate d ivision two a nd ex tend his lead in the sta ndi ngs to 22. La wren ce won the first mot o , but fell back 10 a d isappoin ting ninth in th e seco nd. Meanwh ile . J aimet was runner-up to Lawrence in the fir st moto, but wo n th e second. La rr y di d get a sur prising th ird overall. Au relio Siracusa too k second over a ll wi th , a mazi ngly, a third and a sixth ! Top po int man in the 500cc Intermed ia te class is R ich a rd Boe (H us), bu t he co ul d on ly ma nage a third thi s ti me out. Ma rk Bledsoe , of Taft, rid ing his firs t race of the series, too k both motos. Do ug T a ft pu lled 10 withi n a dozen po ints of Boe wi th his seco nd th is weekend. Boe has 65 and Taft 53. T he three m ot or cycle classes for Junior s a lso each get a Pro-Am trail er. and leading the 125s, with a victor y this tim e out, is Mike Gilmartin (H a n) of En cinitas , winning both races. His score of 72 is 10 a hea d o f Joseph Crouch (Suz ) and 15 above . Dale Himmelre ich (Suz ). Ironicall y, thats how th ey finished up overa ll this weekend. Results 60 (THRU 81: 1. D. Huffman (Kaw ); 2. J. James (Kaw) . 60 JR (9-11) : 1. E. Alstrin (Kaw) ; 2. T. O'Rear (Kaw); 3. D. Piantanida (Han). 60 INT (9-11 ): 1. M . Pascarella (Kaw); 2. 8 . Antunez (Kaw); 3. S. Kotajarvi (Kaw). 80 JR (9-11 ) STK: 1. T. Pipes (Han ); 2. S. Bla nchard (Yam); 3. D. Huston (Vaml. 80 INT (9 -1 1) STK: 1. T. Voh land (Vam); 2. S. Kotaja rvi (Kaw); 3. M. Pascarella (Kaw l. 80 JR (9- 11) MOO : 1. T. Pipes (Han); 2. S. Blan chard (Yam); 3. D. Huston (Vam). , 80 INT (9- 11) MOD : 1. T. Voh land (Yaml ; 2. R. Densford (Hanl; 3. M . Pascarella (Kaw ). 80 JR (12 -16) STK DIY 1: 1. M . Kiedrowski (Kaw); 2. D. Snyder (Han); 3. A. Gayton (Kaw) . 80 JR (12 -16) STK DIV 2: 1. C. M iller (Suz); 2. R. 8ates (Yam); 3. J. King (Hanl. 80 INT (12-1 61 STK: 1. O. Matson (Vam); 2. C. 8urgess (Kaw); 3. T. Szucsko (Kaw ). 80 JR (12 - 16) MOD : 1. R. Bates (Vam); 2. A. Gayton (Kawl; 3. M . Kiedrowski (Kaw) . 80 INT (12 -161 MOD : 1. C. 8ranch (Kawl; 2. T. Davis (Yam); 3. T. Szucsko (Kaw ). 125 JR DIY 1: 1. R. Giroux (Yaml; 2. J. Wardell (Vam); 3. D. Hami~on (Vam). 125 JR DIV 2: 1. M . Gilmartin (Han); 2. J . Crouc h (Suz); 3. O. Himmelreich (Suz). 125 INT: 1. D. Storbec k (Yaml: 2. T. Vohland (Han); 3. K. Henr icksen (Vam). 250 JR: 1. M . Desbrow (Han!; 2. D. Moore (Vaml : 3. D. Quale (Yaml. 250 INT DlV 1: 1. D. Welsh (Han I: 2. C. McCov (Han); 3. L Deley ISuz). 250 INT DIV 2: 1. C. Jaimet (Han): 2. A. Siracusa (Han); 3. L. Lawrence (Han). - 5OOJR: 1. M . Garcia (Vam); 2. D. lundquist (Han); 3. M . 8rown (Han). 500 INT; 1. M . 81adsoe (Hen]: 2. D. Taft (Vaml; 3. R. Boe (Hus). 80 EX: 1. 8 . M oore (Vam!; 2. 8 . Manneh IKaw !; 3. W . Surr att (Kaw) . VET JR: 1. T. Stidham (M ai); 2. G. Trow er (Ma il . VET INT: 1. J . McCor miCk[Tim] ; 2. R. Cole (Ma i!: 3. J. Cook (M ail . VET MA STER: 1. C. Smart (Yam!: 2. K. Ratzlaff (Han); 3. B. Presser (Ma i). oT INT; 1. W . Pri tchell (Vam); 2. S. 8ussell Sr. (Ya m ). . ._ ~ I f I , ~ -. • • I ' .. • • • • • •• • that Does n! tmance Lab Nitro tive. 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